Hamilton: We have almost reached a contract with Mercedes

At the FIA ​​press conference in Monaco, Lewis Hamilton was asked to comment on rumors of a possible switch to Ferrari. In response, the seven-time world champion said he had almost agreed on the terms of a new contract with Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton «It is quite normal that there are various speculations when negotiating a contract. Ultimately, until you hear the news from me, treat such conversations as hearsay.

There are certainly people in the press center spreading rumours. Maybe they did it because they were bored after the race was canceled last weekend.

Behind the scenes my team [юристов] works closely with Toto Wolff. We have almost agreed on the terms of the contract. I negotiated myself, and it was a very stressful time. Now my team is negotiating so that I can fully concentrate on my work.

We remain a championship team, but we just don’t have a fast enough car. The right decisions have not always been made in the past two years, but we are working to rectify the situation and are focusing all our energies on that.”

Commenting on the novelties the team brought to Monaco, Lewis said: “This weekend we have an updated car. The team has worked very hard to prepare these new items. In fact, after Bahrain, we decided what needs to be done.

I was a little upset when I heard that the last race had been canceled because I wanted to evaluate the new items. Monaco is not the best circuit to evaluate upgrades, but we hope to get a better picture next week.”